My mental health journey inspired me to help others, growing up in a Māori and Samoan family

My mental health journey inspired me to help others, growing up in a Māori and Samoan family

Shaqaila Uelese talks about her mental health battle. OPINION Silence, more than anything, surrounded topics such as mental health in my upbringing. Some could argue this is a normal result of growing... Read more »
Guideline recommends mindfulness interventions for cancer-related anxiety, depression

Guideline recommends mindfulness interventions for cancer-related anxiety, depression

September 20, 2023 3 min read Source/Disclosures Published by: Disclosures: Carlson reports no relevant financial disclosures. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide... Read more »
Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal

Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal

Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members there on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers — and... Read more »
Hilinski’s Hope Brings Student Athlete Mental Health Week to More Than 155+ Schools

Hilinski’s Hope Brings Student Athlete Mental Health Week to More Than 155+ Schools

Hilinski’s Hope’s fourth week of collective action is a continuation of the organization’s service to the mental wellbeing of students across all levels and sports NEW YORK, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ —... Read more »
Stress killer: 5 ways to practice mindfulness throughout your day to reduce stress

Stress killer: 5 ways to practice mindfulness throughout your day to reduce stress

Binja / Pixabay Stress is — many times — an unwanted guest that overstays its welcome in our fast-paced society. In today’s hectic world, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and frazzled, searching... Read more »
How Will Rural Americans Fare During Medicaid Unwinding? Experts Fear They’re on Their Own

How Will Rural Americans Fare During Medicaid Unwinding? Experts Fear They’re on Their Own

Abby Madore covers a lot of ground each day at work. A staffer at a community health center in Carson City, Nevada, Madore spends her days helping low-income residents understand their health... Read more »
Documents reveal disturbing messages from Sacramento deputy to mental health patient

Documents reveal disturbing messages from Sacramento deputy to mental health patient

SACRAMENTO — A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Deputy was fired for sending explicit messages to a woman he met on an emergency call for assistance, according to internal documents released online by the... Read more »
3 ‘Conversational Landmines’ That Couples Should Navigate Carefully

3 ‘Conversational Landmines’ That Couples Should Navigate Carefully

Jared Sluyter / Unsplash Open communication is a valuable trait to nurture in any human relationship. This holds true for romantic relationships too, but many people tend to misunderstand what it means... Read more »
4 in 5 employees in Asia at risk developing mental health issues: study

4 in 5 employees in Asia at risk developing mental health issues: study

Employees in Asia are under “significant mental health strain,” with 82% having a moderate to high risk of developing mental health issues. That’s according to a new report from insurance broker Aon... Read more »
Interventions to Combat Burnout In Trail Runners

Interventions to Combat Burnout In Trail Runners

“], “filter”: { “nextExceptions”: “img, blockquote, div”, “nextContainsExceptions”: “img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”} }”> Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!... Read more »
‘He was on the way up’: mother of NSW police shooting victim demands mental health reform | New South Wales

‘He was on the way up’: mother of NSW police shooting victim demands mental health reform | New South Wales

Judy Deacon didn’t shut herself away after her son, Jesse, was shot and killed by New South Wales police two months ago. Instead, the 79-year-old harnessed her anger. She started lobbying politicians,... Read more »
Everything You Need to Know About Mindful Drinking at This Year’s Kroger Wellness Festival | Drinks News | Cincinnati

Everything You Need to Know About Mindful Drinking at This Year’s Kroger Wellness Festival | Drinks News | Cincinnati

click to enlarge One of the biggest global trends in the drinks sector today is moderation. Americans are reevaluating their consumption habits, and the rise of non-alcoholic options is reshaping the landscape.... Read more »
Celebrities Who Took A Mental Health Break And Came Back Better

Celebrities Who Took A Mental Health Break And Came Back Better

Humans are overly fixated on the things we can see, often ignoring the unseen aspects of life. And that includes our mental health, along with that of others. If we see someone... Read more »
10 Best TV Bookworms, Ranked

10 Best TV Bookworms, Ranked

Television has given us, the viewers, a treasure trove of memorable characters, and among them, there’s a special place for the bookworms. These characters, who are frequently lost in the vibrant tapestry... Read more »
Satisfyer Launches High Touch Meditation Series In The Free Satisfyer Connect App During Sexual Health Month

Satisfyer Launches High Touch Meditation Series In The Free Satisfyer Connect App During Sexual Health Month

The global brand is the first to customize sexual wellness meditations that pair with Bluetooth compatible Satisfyer devices NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Satisfyer, an award winning global sexual wellness... Read more »
Alumni News – September 2023

Alumni News – September 2023

For some people, college feels like an insurmountable challenge. Dylan Jones ’16 has a message for them: “You are good enough,” he said. “You can really surprise yourself and go a long... Read more »
How Pilates works to transform bodies: it builds core strength, corrects imbalances, improves mindfulness – and LeBron James is a fan

How Pilates works to transform bodies: it builds core strength, corrects imbalances, improves mindfulness – and LeBron James is a fan

After moving to Hong Kong, where she opened a ballet school, Wayburne noticed her students experiencing issues like the ones she did – subtle imbalances in their bodies that affected the way... Read more »
9 teachings from self-improvement gurus that we all need to unlearn

9 teachings from self-improvement gurus that we all need to unlearn

We all have room to improve and get better.  But a surprising amount of the self-help and self-development industry is toxic and misleading.  Many of the most popular gurus and books teach... Read more »
Ames Police release promo video ahead of next week’s Story County Mental Health Expo

Ames Police release promo video ahead of next week’s Story County Mental Health Expo

Ames Police officers are not ashamed to talk about their struggles with mental health. And they say you shouldn’t be ashamed either. Several officers appear on camera in a promotional video for... Read more »
Stress, weight gain, and mood swings: Is cortisol causing these?

Stress, weight gain, and mood swings: Is cortisol causing these?

Stress is a typical part of life, but when it becomes chronic, it can produce excess cortisol, a stress hormone [1]. High cortisol levels, including weight gain, anxiety and sleep problems, can... Read more »
Rediscover the magic of fiction; read for fun – THE MERCURY

Rediscover the magic of fiction; read for fun – THE MERCURY

Reading for enjoyment is not a frivolous pursuit but rather a means of enriching one’s life, broadening horizons and providing much-needed escapism. For students who feel that reading is a dry exercise... Read more »
Navigating mental health challenges in Pitkin County’s criminal justice system

Navigating mental health challenges in Pitkin County’s criminal justice system

The Pitkin County Jail as seen on Thursday, July 27, 2023, in Aspen.Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times More than half of the average daily population in Pitkin County’s jail has a serious mental... Read more »
Denver mayor’s budget calls for more police, expanded mental health services

Denver mayor’s budget calls for more police, expanded mental health services

DENVER — As budget season kicks into high gear at Denver City Hall, the mayor and council members will try to figure out how much to spend to keep Denver safe. They’ll... Read more »
League City’s new police chief aims to increase responses to mental health calls – Houston Public Media

League City’s new police chief aims to increase responses to mental health calls – Houston Public Media

Cliff Woitena was sworn in as League City chief of police Sept. 12. League City’s newest chief of police is Cliff Woitena after he was sworn into office last week, and under... Read more »
11 Apps and Online Resources for Practicing Self-Compassion

11 Apps and Online Resources for Practicing Self-Compassion

Do you ever catch yourself in the act of judging yourself much more harshly for your faults and failings than you ever do others? This self-destructive tendency is all too common in... Read more »
11 Apps and Online Resources for Practicing Self-Compassion

Talking more nicely to ourselves

Dr. Victor Garlock Special to The Citizen “If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all” is grandmotherly advice that most of us heard early in life. And... Read more »
Aparna Nancherla on mental health memoir ‘Unreliable Narrator’

Aparna Nancherla on mental health memoir ‘Unreliable Narrator’

On the Shelf Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome By Aparna NancherlaViking: 304 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org,... Read more »
Bringing order to your unruly thoughts

Bringing order to your unruly thoughts

Travis Bradberry suggests ways that mindfulness meditation can be used to improve your brain’s performance and reduce stress. There’s no shortage of advice out there claiming to make you better, but mindfulness... Read more »
Prioritize Brain Health to Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

Prioritize Brain Health to Reduce the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease

Home Instead shares tips for prioritizing one’s well-being during World Alzheimer’s Month OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — As the number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s continues to rise – now exceeding... Read more »
10 Movies on Mental Health

10 Movies on Mental Health

Mental health is an intrinsic part of the human experience, yet for far too long, it has been shrouded in silence and stigma. It affects us all, directly or indirectly, making it... Read more »
Brandon Act requires commanders to connect troops to mental health help | Military

Brandon Act requires commanders to connect troops to mental health help | Military

Commanders across the military are now required to help troops get mental health care as soon as possible to help prevent suicides under a new law called the Brandon Act.  For those... Read more »
ApsTron Science, a Leading Innovator in Mindfulness and Emotional Wellness Announces an Update

ApsTron Science, a Leading Innovator in Mindfulness and Emotional Wellness Announces an Update

Binaural Plus Respiration App Binaural plus Respiration Phone Screen 2 Binaural plus Respiration Phone Screen 4 Beats to Relax, Meditate, Study and Learn Binaural Plus Respiration App ApsTron receives a Provisional Utility... Read more »
Hope Centre will give aid for Marathwada water grid project, we’ve made a request to PM: Shinde, ET EnergyWorld

Hope Centre will give aid for Marathwada water grid project, we’ve made a request to PM: Shinde, ET EnergyWorld

Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Sunday he hoped the Centre will provide financial aid for the ambitious water grid project in Marathwada, and announced that the state will implement... Read more »
Mental Health Region struggles to spend enough

Mental Health Region struggles to spend enough

Mae Hingtgen, CEO for Mental Health/Disability Services of the East Central Region, reports Region activities to Iowa County Supervisors. (Winona Whitaker, Hometown Current) MARENGO — Spending money may seem easy, but it’s... Read more »
A Social Science Approach to Elite Sports, Organisational Culture, and Human Flourishing

A Social Science Approach to Elite Sports, Organisational Culture, and Human Flourishing

In Australia, where sport is ingrained in our national identity, we are presented with an intriguing paradox. While we watch our sporting heroes achieve astonishing feats, an unsettling trend remains: Only 41%... Read more »
Easy 4-Step Longevity-Boosting Morning Routine

Easy 4-Step Longevity-Boosting Morning Routine

Fellow non-morning folks, it’s our time to listen up. According to Reuben Chen, MD, board-certified sports medicine physician, pain management expert, and the chief medical advisor at Sunrider International, putting in a... Read more »
Robert Sanchez: Chelsea’s new No 1 on keeping his confidence ahead of dream Stamford Bridge move | Football News

Robert Sanchez: Chelsea’s new No 1 on keeping his confidence ahead of dream Stamford Bridge move | Football News

“Sometimes, things between a player, a club and a manager don’t work, that’s football,” says Chelsea’s new No 1 Robert Sanchez. The rise, fall and rise again of one of the Premier... Read more »
A suicide survivor is fighting mental health stigma one sign at a time

A suicide survivor is fighting mental health stigma one sign at a time

When Fonda Bryant called her aunt to ask if she wanted her shoes, her aunt knew something wasn’t right. “She said, ‘Are you gonna kill yourself?'” Bryant remembers. “And I said, ‘Yes.’... Read more »
Hong Kong primary healthcare system should offer more subsidised services for mindfulness as part of patient options: expert

Hong Kong primary healthcare system should offer more subsidised services for mindfulness as part of patient options: expert

A Hong Kong expert in mindfulness has said he believes the meditation-type therapy can help people cope with mental health issues and should be promoted more widely in the city. Professor Samuel... Read more »
How to practice mindfulness at any age

How to practice mindfulness at any age

Mindfulness, I’m sure you’ve at least heard the phrase before. But what is mindfulness? Mindfulness is essentially just another word for meditation or being in the moment. Mindfulness is a great way... Read more »
Activist Chandra Kishore Saint’s memoir is an experiment with truth in practice

Activist Chandra Kishore Saint’s memoir is an experiment with truth in practice

The Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) sector has its share of personalities with inflated egos, petty turf battles, competing ideologies, hierarchies, clashing notions of development, and contradictions between beliefs and practice. I was fortunate... Read more »
TTUHSC, Texas using telehealth to help children with mental health

TTUHSC, Texas using telehealth to help children with mental health

Editor’s Note — Might need one. Imagine being struck by fear. Not just any fear, one that shakes you to the core. One that feels like it will never pass. One that... Read more »
Educators empowered to cultivate mindfulness, emotional intelligence

Educators empowered to cultivate mindfulness, emotional intelligence

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the need for educators to be equipped with more than just subject knowledge is becoming increasingly evident. This realisation took centre stage at a transformative course... Read more »
Voters to decide Newsom’s mental health plan – Santa Cruz Sentinel

Voters to decide Newsom’s mental health plan – Santa Cruz Sentinel

California voters next spring will get to decide on a ballot measure to create housing and treatment options, especially for homeless individuals with serious mental illness. If it passes, the measure championed... Read more »
Being Present Takes Practice | Psychology Today

Being Present Takes Practice | Psychology Today

Source: Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash We’ve all been there. After a rough day at work, you rush home to work on a to-do list that feels insurmountable. Loved ones want your attention because they... Read more »
Healthy self-esteem in youths can help them refrain from social ills, says Enrichly

Healthy self-esteem in youths can help them refrain from social ills, says Enrichly

Unhealthy self esteem in youth can lead to a litany of problems throughout one’s life: including having poor relationships with others, acting out in violent ways, and often leads to unhealthy feelings,... Read more »
Nordstrom: Protect your child’s mental health from harmful social-media use

Nordstrom: Protect your child’s mental health from harmful social-media use

Social media can be a great tool to help build connections, stay informed, and engage with others. However, it can become all-consuming and potentially damaging to adolescent brain development, which is a... Read more »
Saudi sisters unlock mindful movement

Saudi sisters unlock mindful movement

RIYADH: As the global fitness industry slowly gets back on its feet following the pandemic, brands are finding leverage through community engagement and mindfulness. Rolly, a Saudi brand established in 2021, focuses... Read more »
Chuck D, Bob Weir Play a Music Fest That Prioritizes Mental Health – Rolling Stone

Chuck D, Bob Weir Play a Music Fest That Prioritizes Mental Health – Rolling Stone

Under a starry western sky last weekend, Park City Song Summit founder Ben Anderson stood onstage and held court in front of an audience of creatives. “We’re going to change the legacy... Read more »
“You got to be mindful of traps” – Chris Brown relates to Zion Williamson’s drama with adult film star Moriah Mills

“You got to be mindful of traps” – Chris Brown relates to Zion Williamson’s drama with adult film star Moriah Mills

In a candid and revealing interview on the Club Shay Shay podcast hosted by Shannon Sharpe, multi-talented artist Chris Brown delved into the saga surrounding New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson and... Read more »
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